Spousal Support (Alimony) Basics Spousal Support (Alimony) Basics When a married couple gets a divorce, the court may award alimony or spousal support to one of the former spouses, based either on an agreement between the couple or a decision by the court itself.
Damaged liver cells lose their ability to make protein. But previously produced protein may stay in the blood for 12 to 18 days, so it takes about 2 weeks for damage to the liver to show up as decreased serum protein levels. The liver's ability to make protein may be used to predict the course of certain liver diseases.
To this end, Elastin. has been shown to have a half-life of about 74 years (Shapiro et al., 1991) and. is the longest lasting protein in the body. However, in the event of damage to. the elastin in the skin of adults following, e.g., serious injury such as burns; sun.